Switching Parties, Gravel is Already on Notice with FEC

Presidential candidate Mike Gravel‘s announcement this week that he’s joining the Libertarian Party won’t be enough to get the former Democrat out of providing the Federal Election Commission with his January or February campaign finance reports. Gravel hasn’t yet filed these reports, making him tardy yet again. At the end of February the FEC issued Gravel a “notice of failure to file,” calling on him to immediately report his finances for October through the end of December or face penalties. He did so on March 2 but is now behind again. Gravel reported raising a meager $521,400 up until Oct. 1 and has lagged behind nearly all other Democrats in fundraising since the start of the election. Aligning with a new party isn’t likely to bring in enough cash to now make him competitive. In 2004, Libertarian presidential nominee Michael Badnarik raised $1.1 million, and in 2000 the party’s candidate, Harry Browne, collected $2 million.

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